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Palo Alto Networks Profiles API

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Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Palo Alto Networks Profiles API is one of 741 APIs that Palo Alto Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 20 operations across 17 paths, and defines 56 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: PATH_TO_CONSOLE, https://api.strata.paloaltonetworks.com.

20 operations 17 paths 56 schemas 1 DELETE15 GET3 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{firewall}/api/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Palo Alto Networks Profiles API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (scmToken).

  • scmToken — Advanced DNS Security Resolver APIs authenticate client requests using the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow. Please use the clientid, clientsecret values asso…

Paths & Operations 20

Across 17 paths, the API surfaces 20 operations — 1 DELETE, 15 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Profiles 20

Profiles. 7 operations in this definition.

GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/app-embedded
Get App-embedded Profiles
get-profiles-app-embedded 10 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/app-embedded/download
Download App-embedded Profiles
get-profiles-app-embedded-download 10 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/container
Get Runtime Container Profiles
get-profiles-container 12 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/container/download
Download Runtime Container Profiles
get-profiles-container-download 12 params → 200default
POST
/api/v34.03/profiles/container/learn
Learn Runtime Container Profiles
post-profiles-container-learn → 200default
GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/host
Get Runtime Host Profiles
get-profiles-host 12 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.03/profiles/host/download
Download Runtime Host Profiles
get-profiles-host-download 12 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/app-embedded
Get App-embedded Profiles
get-profiles-app-embedded 10 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/app-embedded/download
Download App-embedded Profiles
get-profiles-app-embedded-download 10 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/container
Get Runtime Container Profiles
get-profiles-container 12 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/container/download
Download Runtime Container Profiles
get-profiles-container-download 12 params → 200default
POST
/api/v34.04/profiles/container/learn
Learn Runtime Container Profiles
post-profiles-container-learn → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/host
Get Runtime Host Profiles
get-profiles-host 12 params → 200default
GET
/api/v34.04/profiles/host/download
Download Runtime Host Profiles
get-profiles-host-download 12 params → 200default
GET
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles
List profiles
ListProfiles 5 params → 200400401403404405409412
POST
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles
Create a profile
CreateProfile body → 201400401403404405409412
GET
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles/categories
Get profile categories
ListCategories → 200400401403404405409412
DELETE
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles/{profile-id}
Delete a profile
DeleteProfileByID 1 param → 204400401403404405409412
GET
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles/{profile-id}
Get a profile
GetProfileByID 1 param → 200400401403404405409412
PUT
/adns-resolver/v1/profiles/{profile-id}
Update a profile
UpdateProfileByID 1 param body → 200400401403404405409412

Schemas 56

The contract defines 56 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are shared.ContainerRuntimeProfile (28 properties), common.CloudMetadata (15 properties), profile (11 properties), runtime.SSHEvent (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

shared.ContainerHistoryEvent
object
ContainerHistoryEvent is a container process event created by interactive user
4 properties
runtime.HostProfile
object
HostProfile represents a host runtime profile
10 properties
runtime.ProfileProcesses
object
ProfileProcesses represents the process data that is learned for a specific image
2 properties
common.CloudMetadata
object
CloudMetadata is the metadata for a cloud provider managed asset (e.g., as part of AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI)
15 properties
shared.ProfileKubernetesData
object
ProfileKubernetesData holds Kubernetes data
3 properties
common.ProfilePortData
object
ProfilePortData represents a runtime profile ports data
2 properties
common.ACIMetadata
object
1 property
runtime.ProfileFilesystemPath
object
ProfileFilesystemPath represents the filesystem static data
4 properties
common.CloudRunMetadata
object
2 properties
-_runtime.HostProfile
array
runtime.ProfileNetworkGeoIP
object
ProfileNetworkGeoIP represents a cache of last ip-country pairs attached to each profile
2 properties
common.CloudProvider
string
CloudProvider specifies the cloud provider name
common.GCPCloudMetadata
object
1 property
common.ExternalLabel
object
ExternalLabel holds an external label with a source and timestamp
5 properties
string
string
shared.AppEmbeddedRuntimeProfile
object
AppEmbeddedRuntimeProfile represents the app embedded runtime profile
10 properties
runtime.ProfileNetwork
object
ProfileNetwork represents networking data that is learned
3 properties
runtime.App
object
App represents the applications runtime data
5 properties
shared.KubeLabel
object
KubeLabel represents a label These are stored as an array to allow special characters in key names, see https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/limits/Restri…
2 properties
-_shared.ContainerRuntimeProfile
array
common.ExternalLabelSourceType
string
ExternalLabelSourceType indicates the source of the labels
common.ClusterType
string
ClusterType is the cluster type
runtime.HostProfileListeningPort
object
HostProfileListeningPort holds a metadata on listening port stored in host runtime profile
4 properties
runtime.DNSQuery
object
DNSQuery is the data of a DNS query
2 properties
runtime.ProfileProcess
object
ProfileProcess represents a single process data
8 properties
common.ProfilePort
object
ProfilePort represents a networking profile port
2 properties
common.ProfileHash
integer
ProfileHash represents the profile hash It is allowed to contain up to uint32 numbers, and represented by int64 since mongodb does not support unsigned data ty…
-_shared.AppEmbeddedRuntimeProfile
array
shared.KubeRole
object
KubeRole is a compact version of Kubernetes Role See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.25/role-v1-rbac-authorization-k8s-io
6 properties
runtime.ContainerCapabilities
object
ContainerCapabilities are a set of static capabilities for a given container
11 properties
runtime.HostProfileOutgoingPort
object
HostProfileOutgoingPort holds a metadata on outgoing port stored in host runtime profile
6 properties
runtime.GeoIP
object
GeoIP represents an ip address with it's origin country code
3 properties
runtime.ProfileNetworkBehavioral
object
ProfileNetworkBehavioral represents the behavioral data learned for networking
3 properties
runtime.SSHEvent
object
SSHEvent represents an SSH event data
11 properties
shared.RuntimeProfileState
string
RuntimeProfileState represents the state of an image profile
common.AzureMetadata
object
2 properties
shared.ContainerRuntimeProfile
object
ContainerRuntimeProfile represents the image runtime profile
28 properties
runtime.AppListeningPorts
object
AppListeningPorts is an association of an app and list of listening ports
2 properties
shared.KubeClusterRole
object
KubeClusterRole is a compact version of Kubernetes ClusterRole See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.25/clusterrole-v1-rbac-auth…
5 properties
runtime.ProfileFilesystem
object
ProfileFilesystem defines the filesystem features profile
2 properties
shared.KubePolicyRule
object
KubePolicyRule is a compact version of Kubernetes PolicyRule See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.25/policyrule-v1-rbac-authori…
5 properties
runtime.ProfileNetworkStatic
object
ProfileNetworkStatic represent the static section of the networking profile
1 property
category
object
4 properties 4 required
profile-input
object
7 properties 1 required
error-code
integer
custom-fqdn-override
object
5 properties 3 required
category-override
object
4 properties 2 required
error-detail
object
4 properties 2 required
profile-item
object
1 property 1 required
error
object
2 properties 1 required
edl-override
object
5 properties 3 required
custom-fqdn-override-input
object
4 properties 2 required
categories
object
1 property 1 required
profile
object
11 properties 5 required
profiles
object
4 properties 4 required
edl-override-input
object
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

palo-alto-networks-profiles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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